Cuticle Oil and Its Benefits

Different weather and continuous exposure to different chemicals can cause damage to your nails, such as chapping, cracking or drying. The fact that your nails lose moisture faster than your hands. One of the nail parts affected by these damages is your cuticle. So how do we protect one of the most delicate parts of our hands? Cuticle oil is the answer.

What is Cuticle?

The cuticle is the thin layer of the skin that wraps around the edge of the nails. Cuticles have an important job in protecting our nails from infections and bacteria getting into our skin when new nails come through.

Keeping your nails healthy and well maintained is very important; cuticle oil is the go-to product that can help restore health. The question is, how can cuticle oil help?

What is Cuticle Oil?

Cuticle oil is a moisturising product that hydrates the nail bed. It is usually made of vegetable oils and sometimes contains vitamins and citric acid. It keeps your nails and the skin around your nails nice and healthy. Cuticle oil will make your nails  flexible and prevent them from  getting dry and breaking easily. The oil helps to prevent fungus and other nail issues.

What are the Benefits of Cuticle Oil?

Aside from helping to maintain healthy and hydrated nails, there are a few added benefits of cuticle oil. These include:

• Applying cuticle oil increases the circulation around your nails, stimulating nail growth. It can also help to protect your nail and cuticle against trauma.
• It helps to strengthen the thickened nails.
• The vitamins in it help keep them soft and subtle.
• Improve and rejuvenate the appearance of your nails.

After a manicure, applying cuticle oil will protect your nails from any immediate, and incidental disturbances. Anything that interacts with the oil will slide off instead of sticking to the nail and disrupting the polish.

If you are going to give your nails a break from acrylics or dipping, apply a small amount of cuticle oil each evening. 

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